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The Mortgage Free in Three - Take 5 challenge (MFiT-T5)

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  • lindez
    lindez Posts: 643 Forumite
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    Hi Trix-a-belle can join please I want to aim to reduce mortgage thank you
    MFWB#2
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  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,283 Forumite
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    Wow so many familiar and new faces already!!
    i'll gradually work through assigning numbers over the next week, newbies i'll sort the old timers first who want to keep previous numbers so bear with.

    SL you can always give me a rough starting figure now and update more accurately later sweetie

    I've put through a form with a guess - and assumed I will have the same number.

    Thanks Trix
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  • bunty109
    bunty109 Posts: 1,265 Forumite
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    Would love to join again Trix. Thanks so much for running. My aim is to clear the mortgage of nearly £75k, ideally by my 50th birthday in July 2021. It will be challenging but up for it!
    MFW 2019#24 £9474.89/£11000 MFW 2018#24 £23025.41/£15000
    MFi3 v5 #53 £12531/
    MFi3 v4 #53 £59442/£39387
  • frugal_lass
    frugal_lass Posts: 93 Forumite
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    edited 5 January 2019 at 8:34PM
    Oooh yay I kept looking in late December and then forgot. Can I please join? Want to reduce current £63000 mortgage to £50,000 by then. Super ambitious target given my current circumstances :)

    ETA - just popped in a joining form. It says target for Jan 2019 but that’s for Jan 2022 right?
    Mortgage so far: £31,630.01Aiming to be mortgage free by 2024
  • trix-a-belle
    trix-a-belle Posts: 1,532 Forumite
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    edited 6 January 2019 at 12:25AM
    Frugal lass thanks yes that one slipped through the net, you are right, I have corrected.

    Lindez please can you put through a registration form using the link in the first post with your intended starting figure and end target for the end of the 3 years

    Inigma please can you put through a joining form including your end target for the end of the 3 years, I need this for the challenge

    Julicorn (love the username) can you be more specific with your end target? shall I put £99,999?
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  • mummytummy
    mummytummy Posts: 966 Forumite
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    edited 6 January 2019 at 9:40AM
    Thank you for running this again Trix-a-belle I'm definately in and registered, I don't mind what number I have.

    Target is to save $50k again, more if possible if life doesn't throw too many nasty surprises at me.

    The last 3 years went by sooo fast :eek:
    MFiT-T7 #17 (Jan 2025) £193k (Apr) £177k (July) £
    SPC 18 #6 £299.80 (12/07/25)

    SPC’s (1)£27.19 (2)£728 (3)£1471 (4)£357 (5)£435.18 (6)£1114.92 (7)£1492 (8)£392 (9)£1952 (10)£1866.65 (11)£1177.74 (12)£1445.39 (13)£1608 (14)£603.30 (15)£672 (16)£2563 (17)£1300 (18)£
  • Hi trix-a-belle

    I'd love to join this challenge - have just submitted a registration form.

    I've been working on reducing my mortgage for a while now and have been on the annual MFW challenge for a few years - has really helped. But would love to be involved in this longer term challenge to really keep my focus going.

    I just dropped below £95k with my January payment so am aiming to reduce to £40k in three years. Slight pause while I freak out at seeing that in black and white for first time!
    Yep definitely going to need to be in a like minded group to deal with this.

    Any problems with my form, please let me know.
    Looking forward to my number and the next three years

    Wishing everyone a peaceful Sunday
    MissDM
    LBM- June 2009 - 15 year plan started, Dec 2018 - time to review & refocus
    SPC12 #33 £210. Xmas 2019 - #15 £365 / £365 ... PAYDBX 2019 #23: £0 / £3,400
    MFW2019 #2: £6,999.67 / £8,000 MFiT-T5 start £95,352.52 - target £40k

    No matter how far you go, you always take yourself with you
  • julicorn
    julicorn Posts: 2,587 Forumite
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    Julicorn (love the username) can you be more specific with your end target? shall I put £99,999?

    Thanks trix-a-belle! :) £99,999 is perfect, thank you!
  • Thanks for setting up the new thread trix-a-belle :)

    I’d like to join again, with a slight change of target from last time, aiming to save £20,000 instead of OP it. Have submitted a form, I don’t mind if I have the same number as last time or not, whatever’s easiest :)
  • Hi trix-a-belle

    Sent through my form. Aiming for a £50k reduction - am aiming high! Thanks for running the challenge.

    Good luck all!

    UC x
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